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Lemont Refinery is an oil refinery in Romeoville, Illinois owned and operated by Citgo Petroleum Corporation. Originally constructed in the early 1920s, it was reconstructed between 1968 and 1970 by its then owner Union Oil [ 1 ] and has a current crude processing capacity of 177,000 barrels per day. [ 2 ]
On July 23, 1984, an explosion and fire took place at a Union Oil Lemont Refinery in Romeoville, Illinois, outside Chicago, killing 17 people and causing major property damage. [2] The explosive force propelled the upper portion 14 metres (46 ft) of the vessel a distance of 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from its original location, while the base ...
Gas prices could soon soar across the Chicago metropolitan area after a tornado narrowly missed a major ExxonMobil refinery ... ExxonMobil Joliet at 275,000 and Citgo in Lemont Illinois at 194,000 ...
The joint venture, known as the Uno-Ven Company, was headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and primarily comprising employees from Union Oil's then Schaumburg, Illinois, division headquarters and Lemont, Illinois, refinery. The joint venture was dissolved in 1997, with P.D.V.S.A. receiving full ownership.
The Illinois State Capitol in Springfield was unveiled in 1888, and is constructed entirely of Romeoville limestone. Lewis University was established on the outskirts of town in 1934. Romeoville is home to Citgo's Lemont Refinery. The refinery was constructed in 1922 across the river from the village.
The single remaining refinery in Hawaii now also includes refining assets previously owned and operated as "Hawaii Refinery" by Chevron Corporation with up to 54,000 bbl/d (8,600 m 3 /d) in additional capacity. Chevron sold their Hawaii Refinery to newly formed Island Energy Services LLC in 2016, and IES sold the refining assets to Par Hawaii ...
A crane overturned at an Illinois oil refinery, killing one employee and hurting another, officials said. A Phillips 66 spokesperson said the crane overturned at about 10:45 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6 ...
Joliet (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ l i ɛ t, ˌ dʒ oʊ l i ˈ ɛ t / JOH-lee-et, - ET) is a city in Will and Kendall counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. It had a population of 150,362 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Illinois. [4] [5]